Koufax No-Hits the Mets
June 30, 1962 - Sandy Koufax of the Los Angeles Dodgers pitched a no-hitter tonight and struck out 13 batters in turning back the New York Mets, 5-0. The no-hitter was the first in the National League this season. It was the 39th time that Koufax, a left-hander, had struck out 10 or more batters in a game. Koufax walked five. The Dodgers, who had scored four times in the first inning, increased their lead in the seventh on a home run by Frank Howard. Koufax needed only nine p